I'm thinking of building a NAS with a RAID 10 array so I could manage more easily my vast multimedia collection and home videos that may go up to 64TB in the near future (128TB using a RAID 10 array).
I've been looking up the Synology DS1821+ (8 bay) due to its many features and possible upgrades but especially because of accepting 16TB drives instead of "just" 14TB drives.
https://www.storagereview.com/review...-ds1821-review
However, a major shortcoming for me is its maximum volume size of 108TB regardless of disk size, even though eight 16TB drives give 128TB.
Am I missing something? Is getting an expansion deck the only option for me?
Does anyone have better suggestions? The Synology brand has been growing on me after reading some articles.
EDIT: I found this Toshiba 16TB Enterprise but I'm not sure if it's suitable for NAS, even though it's cheaper than any other 16TB NAS drives from other brands.
https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-MG08ACA16TE-7200RPM-Enterprise-Desktop/dp/B0832BL1HC
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Last edited by tugatomsk; 24th Apr 2021 at 10:34. Reason: new info
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The most direct comparison to Synology that i am aware of is QNAP.
From feeling, Synology seems to concetrate on the "end user" stuff while the direct comparision QNAP has also a focus on the enterprise sector. The storage sizes that you name are more like enterprise sector so it might be a good idea for you to look into QNAP.Last edited by emcodem; 28th Apr 2021 at 14:29.
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i use 2 zyxel and 1 qnap nas boxes here. one of the zyxel units has been running continuously for over 8.2 years without any errors. i wouldn't worry about size. the drives cost more than the nas boxes. just add another when space is getting low.
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I have a small QNAP at work, definitely not aimed at the enterprise, but perhaps their larger units have more enterprise features. At home I run a XigmaNAS box I build using an old Intel Core2 Q8300 / Gigabyte P35-DS3R that was gathering dust. It uses ZFS as the file system giving a max volume size of 256 trillion yobibytes, though I only have 20TB via 5 4TB Ironwolfs but it has been up for just shy of 6 months without any trouble.
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My RAID math may be rusty,
Just some quick math for the NAS: 16TB x 8 = 128TB / 2 for the mirror part = 64TB volume, without expansion deck. -
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